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The exploitation of this advance, however, became mired in a colossal error in Randall's management of the group.
The Village Voice 's Gary Dauphin complains that the film is mired in sentimental cutesiness: "I can dig the urge to know the man behind Conan's bulging biceps, but I don't know if Wide World 's annoying, nutjob-cum-romantic-misfit take on the subject was what I, Howard, or the world really needed."
Furthermore, while there have been no definitions or real elucidations, the discussions seem mired in the concept of a personal Christian-type deity, as though the ability to prove or disprove the existence of that sort of entity is in some way dispositive.
The field was mired in a stale debate over whether Paradise Lost is flawed because it contradicts itself--Satan is an appealing character, even though Milton appears to side with God, etc.
Now that civil rights issues have become mired in complexity and uncertainty about affirmative action, the grand sense of purpose in being a moderate Republican doesn't seem to exist anymore.